"Wary that he'll get into something he couldn't get out of?" As much as she may have trusted the dog at her back in battle, it was still a dog. Sometimes you needed more than basic thinking to get yourself out of trouble, especially the kinds of trouble that the Initiative seemed to get itself in, and they were all now trapped into by being brought there.

His smile gets a bit wider. He smiles a lot, honestly, but Elissa and her intelligence will always get a real smile out of him if it's appropriate. He knew she was a smart woman, but there were plenty of people who missed out on the things that weren't said, too busy trying to catch someone only on the things they could hear. "I'm much more interested in learning about other people than talking about myself. It's just lucky that most people like to talk about themselves and indulge me."

People were more than willing to accept his short, pleasant answers and expound upon his prompts and questions. An interested audience was more than enough for most people, and he liked to oblige.